Security

From Breach to Recovery: Designing an Identity-Focused Incident Response Playbook
Imagine this... You arrive at work to a chaotic scene. Systems are down, panic is in the air. The culprit? Not a rogue virus, but a compromised identity. The attacker is inside your walls, masquerading as a trusted user. This isn't a horror movie, it's...
2024-09-16 17:03
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Master Your PCI DSS v4 Compliance with Innovative Smart Approvals
The PCI DSS landscape is evolving rapidly. With the Q1 2025 deadline looming ever larger, businesses are scrambling to meet the stringent new requirements of PCI DSS v4.0. Two sections in particular, 6.4.3 and 11.6.1, are troublesome as they demand tha...
2024-09-16 16:35
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Apple Drops Spyware Case Against NSO Group, Citing Risk of Threat Intelligence Exposure
Apple has filed a motion to "voluntarily" dismiss its lawsuit against commercial spyware vendor NSO Group, citing a shifting risk landscape that could lead to exposure of critical "threat intelligence" information. The development was first reported by...
2024-09-16 12:42
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Cybercriminals Exploit HTTP Headers for Credential Theft via Large-Scale Phishing Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of ongoing phishing campaigns that abuse refresh entries in HTTP headers to deliver spoofed email login pages that are designed to harvest users' credentials. "Unlike other phishing webpage distribution behavior th...
2024-09-16 09:53
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Ivanti Warns of Active Exploitation of Newly Patched Cloud Appliance Vulnerability
Ivanti has revealed that a newly patched security flaw in its Cloud Service Appliance (CSA) has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-8190 (CVSS score: 7.2), which allows remote code executi...
2024-09-14 09:42
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Apple Vision Pro Vulnerability Exposed Virtual Keyboard Inputs to Attackers
Details have emerged about a now-patched security flaw impacting Apple's Vision Pro mixed reality headset that, if successfully exploited, could allow malicious attackers to infer data entered on the device's virtual keyboard. The attack, dubbed GAZEpl...
2024-09-13 19:21
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17-Year-Old Arrested in Connection with Cyber Attack Affecting Transport for London
British authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in connection with a cyber attack affecting Transport for London (TfL). "The 17-year-old male was detained on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses in relation to the attack...
2024-09-13 18:59
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Say Goodbye to Phishing: Must-Haves to Eliminate Credential Theft
Even as cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, the number one attack vector for unauthorized access remains phished credentials (Verizon DBIR, 2024). Solving this problem resolves over 80% of your corporate risk, and a solution is possible.&n...
2024-09-13 16:47
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TrickMo Android Trojan Exploits Accessibility Services for On-Device Banking Fraud
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new variant of an Android banking trojan called TrickMo that comes packed with new capabilities to evade analysis and display fake login screens to capture victims' banking credentials. "The mechanisms include...
2024-09-13 16:47
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Progress WhatsUp Gold Exploited Just Hours After PoC Release for Critical Flaw
Malicious actors are likely leveraging publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for recently disclosed security flaws in Progress Software WhatsUp Gold to conduct opportunistic attacks. The activity is said to have commenced on August 30, 202...
2024-09-13 16:34
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New Linux Malware Campaign Exploits Oracle Weblogic to Mine Cryptocurrency
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting Linux environments to conduct illicit cryptocurrency mining. The activity, which specifically singles out the Oracle Weblogic server, is designed to deliver malware dubbed Hadook...
2024-09-13 11:09
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New Android Malware 'Ajina.Banker' Steals Financial Data and Bypasses 2FA via Telegram
Bank customers in the Central Asia region have been targeted by a new strain of Android malware codenamed Ajina.Banker since at least November 2024 with the goal of harvesting financial information and intercepting two-factor authentication (2FA) messa...
2024-09-12 21:42
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Urgent: GitLab Patches Critical Flaw Allowing Unauthorized Pipeline Job Execution
GitLab on Wednesday released security updates to address 17 security vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw that allows an attacker to run pipeline jobs as an arbitrary user. The issue, tracked as CVE-2024-6678, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a...
2024-09-12 21:25
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Beware: New Vo1d Malware Infects 1.3 Million Android TV Boxes Worldwide
Nearly 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes running outdated versions of the operating system and belonging to users spanning 197 countries have been infected by a new malware dubbed Vo1d (aka Void). "It is a backdoor that puts its components in the syst...
2024-09-12 19:16
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Beware: New Vo1d Malware Infects 1.3 Million Android-based TV Boxes Worldwide
Nearly 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes running outdated versions of the operating system and belonging to users spanning 197 countries have been infected by a new malware dubbed Vo1d (aka Void). "It is a backdoor that puts its components in the syst...
2024-09-12 19:16
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Exposed Selenium Grid Servers Targeted for Crypto Mining and Proxyjacking
Internet-exposed Selenium Grid instances are being targeted by bad actors for illicit cryptocurrency mining and proxyjacking campaigns. "Selenium Grid is a server that facilitates running test cases in parallel across different browsers and versions," ...
2024-09-12 18:26
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Top 3 Threat Report Insights for Q2 2024
Cato CTRL (Cyber Threats Research Lab) has released its Q2 2024 Cato CTRL SASE Threat Report. The report highlights critical findings based on the analysis of a staggering 1.38 trillion network flows from more than 2,500 of Cato’s global customers, b...
2024-09-12 16:21
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Iranian Cyber Group OilRig Targets Iraqi Government in Sophisticated Malware Attack
Iraqi government networks have emerged as the target of an "elaborate" cyber attack campaign orchestrated by an Iran state-sponsored threat actor called OilRig. The attacks singled out Iraqi organizations such as the Prime Minister's Office and the Min...
2024-09-12 16:19
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Ireland's Watchdog Launches Inquiry into Google's AI Data Practices in Europe
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that it has commenced a "Cross-Border statutory inquiry" into Google's foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model to determine whether the tech giant has adhered to data protection regulatio...
2024-09-12 16:02
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WordPress Mandates Two-Factor Authentication for Plugin and Theme Developers
WordPress.org has announced a new account security measure that will require accounts with capabilities to update plugins and themes to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) mandatorily. The enforcement is expected to come into effect starting Octob...
2024-09-12 10:27
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